SLA Europe Information Professional Award
Established in 1994 this award recognises outstanding achievement in the information profession amongst those living and working in Europe.
This is your chance to gain recognition for a professional colleague or yourself. The winner receives an expenses-paid trip to the annual SLA Conference. Nominators of the successful candidate receive a magnum of champagne.
2010 Award - The Call for Nominations is open!
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (2nd December 2009)
SLA EUROPE
INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL AWARD 2010
SLA Europe is offering the opportunity to win an expenses-paid trip to the SLA Conference in New Orleans, June 2010. The prize, funded by Dow Jones, is given to the winner of the SLA Europe Information Professional Award 2010 (SLA Europe IP 2010).
The current Award holder is Gimena Campos Cervera, Senior Information Researcher in the U.S. Embassy to Italy, Office of Public Affairs, in Rome. Gimena commented: “The IP Award was a great opportunity to grow professionally and spread the word about SLA in Italy. It gave me the chance to meet many incredibly interesting people from all over the world, during the Centennial Conference in Washington D.C. and the European venues in London. It also contributed to a better understanding of the value of information professionals among the U.S. State Department information resource centres and the Italian library community."
The Award, now in its 17th year, recognises outstanding achievement in the information profession. Past winners of the Award include Janet Hopkins (Drueker, Germany), Marie-Madeleine Salmon, (Publicis, France), Will Hann (Freepint, UK) and Annabel Colley (BBC, UK). Nominees must demonstrate (in writing) the contribution they have made to the profession. As well as the trip to the Conference, the winner is invited to speak at the SLA Europe Soiree in July and Online Information in December; and to write for SLA Europe’s newsletter.
Nominees should be an established member of the information profession, living and working in Europe; they do not have to be a member of SLA. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the SLA Europe website at http://www.sla-europe.org. A magnum of champagne will be given to the person who nominates the winner (if not self-nominated). Please contact the SLA Europe Awards Chair on awards@sla-europe.org, if you would like to discuss nominating someone or applying for Award.
SLA Europe gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Dow Jones, which continues to recognise the relevance of the Award by sponsoring it for an 11th year. Entries will be judged by representatives of the Board of SLA Europe and Dow Jones. The deadline for applications is 28th February 2010.
A print friendly version of the Press Release is available as pdf.
You may self-nominate or nominate someone of your choice using this Application Form.
Current winner
Congratulations to our SLA Europe Information Professional 2009!
The Board of SLA Europe is delighted to announce Gimena Campos Cervera as the winner of the SLA Europe Information Professional Award 2009 (SLA Europe IP 2009).
Announcing the winner, SLA Europe President Géraldine Clément-Stoneham said: “Gimena is an example of a highly motivated information professional who continually finds ways to give back to the profession”.
Gimena currently works in Rome at the United States Embassy to Italy, where she is the Senior Information Researcher and Deputy Director of the Information Resource Center of the Office of Public Affairs. Originally from Paraguay, Gimena’s career in the field of library and information sciences spans a variety of national and international organizations, including the Paraguayan Centro de Documentacion y Estudios, the Italian ENAIP, the United Nations Agency International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Health Organization. She has a Masters degree in Library and Information Sciences from the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen, Scotland), accredited by the ALA.
Gimena is recognized as SLA Europe IP 2009 in particular for her instrumental role in the organization of an annual international conference on libraries in the 21st century, which has helped create and strengthen an American-Italian library network in Italy. The Spring Event social network (http://springevent.ning.com) was created as a web 2.0 communication tool for the first Spring Event annual conference, and is one of the first social networks for the Italian information professional community of library professionals.
The Award covers all appropriate expenses for Gimena’s attendance the SLA Centennial Conference in Washington, DC 14-17 June, 2009, where a dinner was hosted by SLA Europe Board and where Clare Hart formally gave the Award at the International Reception on Monday 15th June 2009 at the Zambian Embassy. Clare is Executive Vice President at Dow Jones, which has kindly sponsored the Award for its 16th year.
Congratulations Gimena! (pdf)
Previous winners:
2008: Dennie Heye (Netherlands) 2007: Janet Hopkins (Germany)
2006: Marie-Madeleine Salmon (France)
2005: Steve Borley (Scotland)
2004: Janet Tomlinson (England)
2003: Peter Clarke (England)
2002: Margareta Nelke (Sweden)
2001: Annabel Colley (England)
2000: William Hann (England)
1999: Kevin Miles (England)
1998: Lise Lotte Lindskog (Sweden)
1997: Tuula Salo (Finland)
1996: Ruth Colyer (England)
1995: Ian Thomson (England)
1994: Michel Bauwens (Belgium)
Ten Years of the SLA Europe IP award by Sylvia James
Other SLA Europe Awards
The SLA Europe Early Career Conference Award (ECCA)
The SLA Europe Dissertation Prize
See the Early Career page for more details
Awards Chair